[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 7 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S69]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  O God of new beginnings, give us minds open to Your fresh vision and 
hearts ready to be warmed by the glow of Your presence. Open our ears 
to hear Your admonition, Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit--
Zechariah 4:6.
  Remind us all that it is not by human strategies or clever power-
brokering that Your work is done but by the grace, guidance, and gifts 
of Your Spirit. Help the Senators to humbly ask for and to willingly 
receive the supernatural endowments of Your wisdom, discernment, 
insight, and courage. You alone can make good leaders great leaders. 
May You grant the Senators such lodestar magnetism that there can be no 
other explanation for their dynamic words and lives than that they have 
been with You and have decided to live in the flow of Your Spirit.
  Free them from the limits of self-reliance. Surprise them with what 
You can do with leaders who are totally reliant on Your spiritual 
reinforcement and resilience. Fill this Chamber with Your glory and the 
Senators with Your grace. You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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